A translation contest for students in southern Vietnam has wrapped up in Ho Chi Minh City, with the host university taking home the top prize and two other pedagogical schools finishing in second and third places. Students on the BMF team from the Faculty of English Linguistics and Literature (EF) at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, which is under the Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City, were named the winners of the EFuture Translators’ Contest 2015 during the grand final on its campus on Saturday, the organizers said in a press release on Sunday. UP from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education won the second prize while Mockingjays from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education claimed the third. Prize money worth VND130 million (US$5,900), including scholarships, and certificates of accomplishment were presented to the three winning teams last night. Organized by the EF, the EFuture Translators’ Contest 2015 … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City host university wins student translation contest
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Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City remember Holocaust victims
NDO/VNA – A series of activities began in Hanoi on January 27 in honour of the International Holocaust Memorial Day, marking the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschmitz-Birkenau in Poland. Addressing the ceremony, United Nations Resident Coordinator Pratibha Mehta said the UN adopted a resolution in 2005 to designate January 27 as the International Holocaust Memorial Day in memory of the Jews who lost their lives to anti-Semitic violence. Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam Eilon Shahar said remembering Holocaust victims has become an annual event at the Israeli embassy in Vietnam. She expressed her hope that Vietnam sympathise with Holocaust victims and proactively work to prevent any future instances of genocide. Commemorative activities will take place at the Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities, and the Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogy University. … [Read more...] about Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City remember Holocaust victims
Extra classes at preschool burden parents, kids in Ho Chi Minh City
Parents of preschool students in Ho Chi Minh City are feeling 'dizzy' because their kids must attend numerous extra-curricular classes, also called 'talent classes' in some schools, featuring a number of subjects such as painting, music, and even martial arts. "Schools have opened many extra-curricular classes while many preschool children can't even pronounce well," one parent complained. "My kid has been in kindergarten for around one month," she added. "He has not even gotten acquainted with the main schedule and still does not want to go to school, so how can he attend any extra-curricular classes?" Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper correspondents have investigated and recorded the fact that most preschools in the city have extra-curricular or 'talent classes' that cost even more than the main courses. "Last year I sent my kid to three extra-curricular classes including organ, painting and English," T., whose child studies at a famous preschool in Phu Nhuan District, said. … [Read more...] about Extra classes at preschool burden parents, kids in Ho Chi Minh City
Real situation of time management skills of students at some Universities in Ho Chi Minh City nowadays.
The theme performed by the author Huynh Van Son - University of Pedagogy, in Ho Chi Minh City to help students to adjust their negative habits, time management skills, awareness, corrected attitude for their behavior resulted in right works. The author surveyed the real status of time management skills of 1.021 students at University of Pedagogy of Ho Chi Minh city; University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh city; Polytechnic University of Ho Chi Minh City; National University of Ho Chi Minh city; University of Economics and Law, Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh city. Research results showed that almost students correctly understood the conception of time management, but the expression, specific action in time management skills of students were only moderately. This suggested that it is needed to have specific ways to enhance the time management skills of students in order to adjust negative habits, practical actions when … [Read more...] about Real situation of time management skills of students at some Universities in Ho Chi Minh City nowadays.
Memorial for inspiring Vietnamese cancer fighter held in Ho Chi Minh City
Hundreds of students and people gathered on Friday night to pay tribute to Le Thanh Thuy, a cancer patient who died young but had inspired many with her spirited battle to the deadly disease, at her resting place in Ho Chi Minh City.People gave sunflowers and sang various Vietnamese songs to the Thuy, a high school girl who had led a long and hard fight against her bone cancer before her death at the age of 19 on November 2, 2007.Thuy was laid to rest at the Cu Chi Cemetery in Ho Chi Minh City, and this year marks the tenth anniversary of her passing away.Since the stories of Thuy were widely known, she has become a symbol of endurance and strong spirit in the fight against cancer.At Friday’s commemorative event, Nguyen Van Cai, vice principal of Cu Chi-based Quang Trung High School, recited emotional stories written by Thuy during her long and enduring fight against the devastating disease.Many students could not hold back their tears when listening to Thuy’s stories read … [Read more...] about Memorial for inspiring Vietnamese cancer fighter held in Ho Chi Minh City